Ulrike Almut Sandig

Ulrike Almut Sandig was born in 1979 and lives in Berlin. She is the author of stories, poems, radio pieces and language performances, where she collaborates closely with musicians and composers. Ulrike Almut Sandig has been invited to many international literary festivals, exchanges and residencies. Her poems have been widely anthologized and received, among other awards, the renowned Leonce-and-Lena Prize.

A selection of her poems titled MISSING WITNESS was published in English by Ugly Duckling Press, and a full translation of her volume THICK OF IT (Dickicht) will be released by Seagull Books in 2018.

Awards

Scholarship by the Senate of Berlin Award for Emerging Talent of the City of Meersburg Märkisch Stipend for Literature Leonce and Lena Prize Meran Lyric Prize Silberschwein Award of the LIT.Cologne Hors Bingen Literature Prize